First off, I want to thank you all for the love and support! I also want to thank the UFC for the opportunity, my coaches and teammates for prepping me through this fight camp, my amazingly loyal fan base for making me believe in myself even more, and the incredible sponsors that helped me make it all happen! I can't thank you all enough. I knew fighting in my own backyard of Nashville would be awesome, but I never dreamed the experience could be that incredible. The amount of love and support I had for this fight...

When I first started my career in MMA, I knew I wanted to be the best. Making it to the UFC wasn't a question in my mind. However, to an outsider it may seem like a dream or a fantasy but to me, I had something that nobody can measure. Belief. I believed that if I trained hard enough, surrounded myself with the best coaches and teammates in the world and sacrificed everything necessary to become the best I would become a top contender in the UFC. That day has come and I am prepared...